Vocab 2: Unit 1 Flashcards by Halee Mazzuca | Brainscape

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Caustic

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Sarcastic in a bitter way

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Deprecate

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Express disapproval of

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Fastidious

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Very concerned about detail/cleanliness

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Inane

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Silly/stupid

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Insolent

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Showing lack of respect

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Neophyte

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A person who is new to something

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Predilection

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A bias in favor of something

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Recant

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Take back

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Sanguine

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Being optimistic in a bad situation

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Anaphora

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Repetitive

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Asyndeton

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Take out conjunctions to make a point

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Ethos

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Credibility to the speaker making the argument

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Logos

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Credibility to the argument itself

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Pathos

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Stirs up emotion

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Polysyndeton

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Use conjunctions multiple times in a row to make a point

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Zeugma

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A word that applies to more than one noun

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Banal

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Boring or unoriginal